Pastel-coloured upholstery foam is cut into geometric totems to form a series of floor lights, created by Barcelona designer Max Enrich to contrast with the organic architecture of Antoni Gaudí. More
Books, plates and glasses are engulfed by the squishy shelves of Dutch designer Dewi van de Klomp's Soft Cabinets, which are made from foam rubber in a bid to bring more attention to the "overlooked" material. More
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More
PRTZN Architecture has used upholstered foam blocks to transform a tiny room in a Hungarian church into a children's playroom. More
Bubbling forms of silicone foam cover the furniture pieces in Chinese studio Lewu's Borrowing for Birth collection, which was launched at Design Shanghai this month. More
Blocksfinj, a recently-launched Beirut-based company making foam furniture, showcased squishy blocks that look like solid stone during Beirut Design Week. More
Eighty-five modular foam seats modelled on "common concrete building blocks" will stack to form a beach installation by French furniture brand Smarin during the Cannes Film Festival (+ slideshow). More
Royal College of Art graduate Sungsin Eo has designed a foam display and seating system for museums to present information to children in an engaging and playful way (+ movie). More
Interieur 2012: Belgian designer Carl de Smet of Noumenon has developed high-tech foam furniture that can be squashed to 5% of its original size for easy transportation and then expanded "like popcorn" by heating it up (+ movie + interview). More
Hong Kong designer Kitmen Keung has created a lounge chair and ottoman by slicing a cube of foam in two. More
Here are a couple of images of SuperFoam Chair, a chair made of foam with giant bubbles by designer Rich Gilbert. More
